Fastener for baskets and like containers



- March 15, 1932. w. w. HARGROVES 1,849,326

FASTENER FOR BASKETS AND LIKE CONTAINERS Filed Sept. 10, 1930 Patented Mar. 15, 1932 PATENT WILLIS w. mnenovns, or ZPORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA I FASTENER ron BASKETS Ann LIKE CONTAINERS Application filed September 10, 1930. Serial No. 480,999;

OFFICE.

This invention relates to a fastener for In the drawings the bodyA of the container,

baskets and like containers and is intended for the securing of a closure member in position upon the contalner. I

In the manufacture of baskets and similar 7 containers for various commodities such as fruit, it is customary to make the parts of wood and to join them by nails and staples. The body of the container is formed as a truncated cone, a cylinder, or a similar shape and ends are fastened to it for containing and holding the commodities. One of these ends,

which may be referred to as a cover, is not I attached during the manufacture of the basket, etc. but is shipped with it to the pomt at which the filling is to be done, and is onl attached after the container has been fille The container is filled in any desired manner, and then is brought into a position with its open end upward. The closure member is then placed upon it and is fastened thereto.

According'to the present invention, a construction of containers and closure members is provided by which there is a minimum of encumbrance and hence the capacity is afforded of shipping the container bodies in nested condition when they are of truncated shape, while the closure members are free of projections so that they may be packed into a small space. The accompanying drawings illustrate the fastener as employed for a container of circular section, but it will be understood that this is not a limitation, and that the fastener may be employed for joining a closure member to the body ofv a container when the parts are of other shapes. Illustrative forms of practicing the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings by way of example, H

in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a container body with a closure member located above it ready to be brought into closing position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the closure applied to the container but before the fastener has been secured.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the fastener clinched.

Fig.4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a modified way of clinching the fastener.

' the lid 13 with is to be fitted with a closure member orcover B. Normally the container has its open end upward while the closing is being accomplished, and hence the reinforcing and securing hoop 10 provides an upper edge for the basket A which is formed by way of example of the wooden slats 11,'secured to the hoop 10 by the staples 12. The closuremember or cover B comprises the wood pieces forming the slats 14 holding the same together. I

The hoop 10 receives through a slat 11 and then clinched to hold 3 them in position. It will be noted that the staple 15 is preferably mounted at an angle with one leg in a higher horizontal plane than the other for a purpose to laterv appear, and

so that its legs do not pass through the hoop 10 in the same line .of grain, and hence rected inwardly so 'that there is" no projection beyond the outer edge 17 of the closu m her (full lines Fi 1); v

the staples 15 which 7 are passed through the hoop and preferably In assembling, the wire loop 16 is bent up-' wardly and outwardly through an angle of 180 degrees until it then lies fiat against the closure member B (dotted'line position Fig. 1) and then projects beyond themargin 17 of the closure member B.' It then is bent through a further angle of degrees downwardly into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, around the marginal edge 17-of'the closure member B. It will be'understood that normally a closure member is provided with a plurality of these fasteners but that onl one has been described for clearness.

After the container has been filled, the 010- sure member is placed over it and the dependthat the angular positions of the staples 15 and of the loops 16 are similar around the edges of the closure member and the body.

The end 16a of the loop 16 which projects through the staple 15 is now bent upwardly around the upper end or leg of the exposed portion of the staple, until it likewise is flat against the body hoop 10 and against the peripheral edge of the closure member B, and it is of sufiicient length so that its extreme end may be bent over onto the top surface of the closure 13, thus affording a double grip to hold the closure memberin its proper posi- I tion upon the body.

It will further be noted that the assembling staples 12 are located at a diiferent angle than the staples 15, being respectively located at angles of degrees at opposite directions with respect to the perpendicular, in order to reinforce and support the slats 11 with respect to the hoop 10. It will also be noted that by having the staple at the angle shown and described and bending the loop 16 around the 'upperleg or end of the staple, the cover B is held against rotation due to the sliding of the loop 16 on the staple.

In the modified form of Fig. 4 the end of I the wire loop 16 is not only brought up fiat against the hoop 10 but it is also crossed over the other portions of the wire loop and then bent over upon the top of the closure member B, which is found in some instances to afford an even greater protection against accidental disengagement.

It is obvious that the invention is not limited to the forms of construction shown I but that it may be employed in many ways 7 within the scope of the appended claim.

. Having fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

In a fastener for baskets or like containers having a closure member to be fastened to the body of the basket, said fastener comprising a staple fixed to the body and extended into the body member adj acent its upperedge and at an inclined angle to said edge with one leg in a higher horizontal plane than its other leg and with its bight end projecting outwardly and slightly spaced from the outer face of the body, an elongated loop of pliable material anchored against removal to the ,top of the closure member and extending around the edge of said cover and downwardly through the staple on thebody member, when fastening said cover in position, the end portion of saidloop being bent upwardly around the upper leg of said staple.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

WILLIS W. HARGROVES. 

